Toward the end of February last year, the Spouse Thingy and I sat in the local Cenario's Pizza, discussing the news as we waited for our medium half-pepperoni, half-bacon pizza. The topic was, of course, COVID-19 and what to expect, and his take was simply, "This is going to be bad. Really bad."
We bought one the next day; it was stocked by March 5th. We had enough for a month; if things went to hell, we at least had everything we needed for a month. It felt like we'd gotten ahead of the curve. He still had to go to work, but I was fine with staying home for a few weeks. That was not a big deal.
We honestly thought a month was about what it would take. If everyone did what they were asked, the curve could be flattened, and it would be just weeks.
Sure.
Here we are a year later.
Who'd've thunk it?
But hey, at least we had a lot of toilet paper to get us through the first 6 months or so. And now we have a spiffy garage freezer. And some stuff stuck in the back that will likely never get eaten.
Right now all I want is to get the vaccine. I am jealous of those who have had both doses. Happy as hell for you, but jealous.
Eyes forward, folks. The light is there, it's just moving toward us a little more slowly than we'd hoped.
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I think those of us who were being responsible though the same thing....keep our heads down and we will be fine by summer at the outside. Ugh
Right?
2020: World's Worst Group Project
Half of the team working on the assignment while the rest sit around shouting unhelpful suggestions.
We sort of did the same thing. We have a 6 foot long freezer and a 4 foot and made a run to Sam's and stocked up on everything. I normally keep our freezers and pantries 3 months ahead. We ordered big TP packs and paper towels from Amazon as well and stocked up on water. Our stores locally went out of products early on and stayed that way, then came the price gouging, so I was glad we filled everything up.
We sort of did the same thing. We have a 6 foot long freezer and a 4 foot and made a run to Sam's and stocked up on everything. I normally keep our freezers and pantries 3 months ahead. We ordered big TP packs and paper towels from Amazon as well and stocked up on water. Our stores locally went out of products early on and stayed that way, then came the price gouging, so I was glad we filled everything up.
We sort of did the same thing. We have a 6 foot long freezer and a 4 foot and made a run to Sam's and stocked up on everything. I normally keep our freezers and pantries 3 months ahead. We ordered big TP packs and paper towels from Amazon as well and stocked up on water. Our stores locally went out of products early on and stayed that way, then came the price gouging, so I was glad we filled everything up.
Yeah, who would have thought we would be in the same situation as a year ago. No end in sight.
Similar situation here. I went to Costco for my regular semi annual (or thereabouts) TP purchase and the hoarding madness was beginning. I saw people with multiple carts filled with TP and bottled water, like they were prepping for the end of the world!
I did pick up a few extra canned and frozen things (Hnossa LOVES the water from canned chicken!) figuring we would have a few weeks of lock down, then back to normal. Here we are a year later in the same situation, but at least there is an end in sight.
I can't wait to get vaccinated!
History teaches us that it takes a year or more to get over a pandemic. While i'd hoped we would not be quite so long because of early action, it didn't quite work out that way.
The signs of progress are there, though, and i am glad.
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